Rob Bishop from the RaspberryPi Foundation is touring popular hackspaces in the US throughout September 2012 with the aim of giving talks and workshops about the RaspberryPi to both

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hackspace members and also Raspberry Pi users in the local community.

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He'll be coming to visit Noisebridge on '''Saturday, 29-September-2012''' at '''11am - 5pm'''.

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He'll be coming to visit Noisebridge on '''Saturday, 29-September-2012''' at '''11am - 5pm'''. The event is free, and open to all!

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charitable organisation founded with the aim of promoting the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level. The Foundation is responsible for the design and sales of the popular RaspberryPi single-board computer. You can find out more about the Foundation and the RaspberryPi at our website[http://raspberrypi.org].

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charitable organisation founded with the aim of promoting the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level. The Foundation is responsible for the design and sales of the popular Raspberry Pi single-board computer. You can find out more about the Foundation and the Raspberry Pi at [http://raspberrypi.org the Raspberry Pi website].

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The tour will be blogged/vlogged on the RaspberryPi website and we hope to attract RaspberryPi enthusiasts and hackers/makers from across the areas we will be visiting, allowing us to meet and support our community.

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The tour will be blogged/vlogged on the Raspberry Pi website and we hope to attract Raspberry Pi enthusiasts and hackers/makers from across the areas we will be visiting, allowing us to meet and support our community.

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Rob will be giving a demonstration of the latest developments with the Pi as well as bringing a number of Pi's for people to play with hands-on.

Rob will be giving a demonstration of the latest developments with the Pi as well as bringing a number of Pi's for people to play with hands-on.

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This will give people a great opportunity to get advice from the Foundation and get help kickstarting their Pi-based projects.

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This will give people a great opportunity to get advice from the Foundation and get help kickstarting Pi-based projects.

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Sadly due to sales and import tax restrictions we won't be able to sell Raspberry Pi's directly at Noisebridge. But you can buy a Raspberry Pi in advance -- Rob says that there is now plenty of stock at MCM Electronics (http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/en-US/raspberry-pi).

==Talk (3pm)==

==Talk (3pm)==

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RaspberryPi: Past, Present & Future - An introduction to the RaspberryPi, including an overview of its history and development, details on the technical specification and an outline of future developments. Followed by a Q&A session.

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Raspberry Pi: Past, Present & Future - An introduction to the Raspberry Pi, including an overview of its history and development, details on the technical specification and an outline of future developments. Followed by a Q&A session.

==Show & Tell / Prizes (4pm)==

==Show & Tell / Prizes (4pm)==

A chance for people who have started/completed projects based on the Pi to bring them along to do a show and tell, with prizes being given out for the most awesome ones shown.

A chance for people who have started/completed projects based on the Pi to bring them along to do a show and tell, with prizes being given out for the most awesome ones shown.

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==Photos from the event==

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Over 80 people came to the event. Smashing success! And lots of fun for all.<br>

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''Thanks to Rob Bishop for coming by and showing off Raspberry Pi, and bringing Pi's for everyone to play with.''<br>

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''Thanks to Google for sharing the monitors, keyboards, and mouses.''<br>

[http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1792 More info from the Raspberry Pi website]

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Latest revision as of 21:21, 29 September 2012

Rob Bishop from the Raspberry Pi Foundation is touring popular hackspaces in the US throughout September 2012 with the aim of giving talks and workshops about the Raspberry Pi to both
hackspace members and also Raspberry Pi users in the local community.

He'll be coming to visit Noisebridge on Saturday, 29-September-2012 at 11am - 5pm. The event is free, and open to all!

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charitable organisation founded with the aim of promoting the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level. The Foundation is responsible for the design and sales of the popular Raspberry Pi single-board computer. You can find out more about the Foundation and the Raspberry Pi at the Raspberry Pi website.

The tour will be blogged/vlogged on the Raspberry Pi website and we hope to attract Raspberry Pi enthusiasts and hackers/makers from across the areas we will be visiting, allowing us to meet and support our community.

The Noisebridge event will be very informal and will consist of the following;

Raspberry Pi: Past, Present & Future - An introduction to the Raspberry Pi, including an overview of its history and development, details on the technical specification and an outline of future developments. Followed by a Q&A session.

Over 80 people came to the event. Smashing success! And lots of fun for all.Thanks to Rob Bishop for coming by and showing off Raspberry Pi, and bringing Pi's for everyone to play with.Thanks to Google for sharing the monitors, keyboards, and mouses.